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« Thread Started on Dec 18, 2007, 2:01pm »
Hello everyone :). If there is anyone interested in learning or improving their Spanish, I will be glad to help. For now, the basics:

-Hello - Hola (pronounced oh-lah)
-Bye - Chau or adios (pronounced ah - dee - ohs)
-Good morning - Buenos dias (pronounced boo - eh - nohs dee - ahs)
-Good night - Buenas noches (pronounced boo - eh - nahs noh - chez)
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Re: Spanish center*
« Reply #1 on Dec 19, 2007, 3:22am »
Muchas gracias!!!!
I'd love to learn spanish!
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« Reply #2 on Dec 19, 2007, 12:01pm »
very cool thnx, we had this childrens program over here some years ago and they taught kids the basics of foreign languages through songs, so I knew most of the words already (I remembered them from back than) Cool you teach us a few more words ;D
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Re: Spanish center*
« Reply #3 on Dec 19, 2007, 1:23pm »
Yay! Spanish center so cooooool! gracias gracias amiga!!! Estoy Feliz!!
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« Reply #4 on Dec 19, 2007, 9:12pm »
Well if Vic doesn't mind, I'll help too! I've been learning spanish since kindergarden, so I'm pretty fluent ;)

How are you? - Como Estas? (that's basically how you pronouce it)
I am fine - Soy bien. (Soy bee-yen)
Yes - Si
No - No

Here's one you should use daily:
Zach is cool - Zach es chevere (Zach es chey-vey-rey)

;D Haha. That's all for now folks :P
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Re: Spanish center*
« Reply #5 on Dec 20, 2007, 3:00am »
lol I keep that In mind :P

Is Como estas different from que tal estas?! :-/
um trying to learn so don't make fun of me :P :P :P
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Re: Spanish center*
« Reply #6 on Dec 20, 2007, 4:52pm »
Haha :P Nope. There is no difference. You actually just say "que tal?", without estas. Right Vic? I'm pretty sure about that. ;)
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Re: Spanish center*
« Reply #7 on Dec 20, 2007, 10:52pm »
Yep you are right Zach :)! I am glad you all like the "Spanish Center"! I will try to add more words tomorrow, so if there's anything you would like to know, just tell me.
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Re: Spanish center*
« Reply #8 on Dec 22, 2007, 7:14am »
bueno! :)

Do you say 'Sorry' like 'Lo seinto'? not sure of the spelling though...
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« Reply #9 on Dec 22, 2007, 7:01pm »
Ah good question, Noor! Most of us teenagers now say "Sorry" instead of "Lo siento" (phonetically loh - cee - en - toh) or "Perdón" (which would be the correct way of saying it in Spanish :)). Adults still use the latter.

We sometimes use "Please" instead of "Por favor" (por fah - bore), but mostly we use the Spanish way of saying it.

There are various ways of saying "Hello" in Spanish for teenagers, such as "Hablaaaa" (which actually means talk), we sometimes use "Helloooo" itself, then the usual "Hola" or any other sound that comes up in our minds instead of a hello :). Although this is Peruvian slang, so I am not sure if it is practiced in all Spanish speaking countries!
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Re: Spanish center*
« Reply #10 on Dec 23, 2007, 6:30am »
I know habla!! ;D there is another word for talk it has d and c in it ... I dunno the exact spelling :P
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Re: Spanish center*
« Reply #11 on Dec 23, 2007, 2:35pm »
Yep and the "H" is silent ;)
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« Reply #12 on Dec 25, 2007, 6:10pm »
Pobrecito: Poor baby

Definitely my favorite and most overused Spanish phrase.
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Re: Spanish center*
« Reply #13 on Dec 26, 2007, 4:59pm »
Hey kingorseolo! Thanks for posting :). Actually pobrecito means poor-thingy, not necessarily baby, as we call babies "Bebés" (pronounced beh beh). Nevertheless, it's still a funny word!! So here is a karma!
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« Reply #14 on Dec 26, 2007, 7:43pm »
Hahaha, well, it makes sense that my friend who used the term in reference to me probably dumbed down the translation for efficiency when I yelled at her to tell what she called me. Honestly, I don't know if "poor thingy" is the best English translation though either, as my senses and spell check are telling me... 8-) :-X
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Re: Spanish center*
« Reply #15 on Dec 28, 2007, 9:50am »
Yay! Spanish centre xDDD

Here's some contribution:

Gender
Different from English, every word in Spanish is either male, female or neutral. Obviously Niña (Girl) is a female word and Niño (Boy) a male one.

Instead of THE, there are 3 articles

El- for male words
La - for female words
Lo - for neutral words

So, we have the following

La niña (the girl)
El niño (the boy)

And we also have neutral words such as correcto (right / right thing).

Lo correcto (the right thing)

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« Reply #16 on Dec 29, 2007, 2:19pm »
Wow !!! Grammer :o !!! I see exams a head :P ... here's a negative karma for u ;D
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Re: Spanish center*
« Reply #17 on Dec 30, 2007, 3:16am »
Ohhhh, I'll help!

I'm actually not a native Spanish speaker, haha, but I'm not planning to contribute anything...that difficult, so it should be all right.

What better way to learn than through conversation?

A: Hola! (Hello!)
B: Hola! Que tal? (Hey! How are you?)
A: Muy bien, gracias. Y tu? (Very good, thanks. And you?)
B: Asi asi, gracias. Como te llamas? (All right, thanks. What's your name?)
M: Me llamo Miguel. Y tu? (My name is Michael. And you?)
B: Me llamo Alicia. Cuantos años tienes? (My name is Alicia. How old are you?)
A: Tengo 15 años. Tengo que irme, lo siento, hasta luego! (I'm 15. I have to go, sorry, see you later!)
B: Hasta luego!

So...

Hello - Hola
Goobye - Adios
See you later - Hasta luego
See you tomorrow - Hasta manana
My name is _______ - Me llamo _______
How are you? - Que tal? or Como estas?
How old are you? - Cuantos años tienes?
I'm ___ years old - Tengo ____ años.

And for the age thing :P
1 - uno
2 - dos
3 - tres
4 - cuatro
5 - cinco
6 - seis
7 - siete
8 - ocho
9 - nueve
10 - diez
11 - once
12 - doce
13 - trece
14 - catorce
15 - quince

I hope I haven't made any large mistakes. Native speakers, correct me please :P

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« Reply #18 on Dec 30, 2007, 7:17am »
Awesome ;D just tell us how we pronounce them :P
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Re: Spanish center*
« Reply #19 on Jan 4, 2008, 4:49pm »

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Well if Vic doesn't mind, I'll help too! I've been learning spanish since kindergarden, so I'm pretty fluent ;)

How are you? - Como Estas? (that's basically how you pronouce it)
I am fine - Soy bien. (Soy bee-yen)
Yes - Si
No - No

Here's one you should use daily:
Zach is cool - Zach es chevere (Zach es chey-vey-rey)

;D Haha. That's all for now folks :P


I think "I am fine" is supposed to be "estoy bien." Is that right?
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